Project LIfe week 13

PL layout week #13

The first page of this week's layout  (and part of last week's on the left hand side)

Hello everyone,

As i am writing this, i just realized that i mislabeled this week's layout.  We are on week 1, which means this page should read " WEEK 13" on the top right card... It will be changed after this (oops!)

Well, i am still keeping up with a weekly PL layout.  For this week, I chose to continue with the sunny floral paper and the yellow scheme.  This beautiful paper for My Mind's Eye was cut to fit into each of the pockets, and then replaced with the PL cards.

 The color scheme worked perfectly with all the pictures of this page.

Since I had a large number of pictures, I had to use a second sheet for this week's layout.   Since it sits by itself, i was able to chose a different color scheme.  All the cards come from different collections created for Project Life ( I have a large stash of pocket cards).  I wanted to bring in some black, as I ways to tie in next week's layout.  I have to make a note to myself to print pictures in black and white.

The second spread of this week's\entry

I hope you are also, documenting your everyday.

See you soon...

You're Loved Little Toto

Scrapbook Layout - You're Loved Little Toto -

A side view of the many layers on the layout

Hello everyone,

I still have a lot of pictures to document from my nephew's birthday and Easter ( I took over 650 pictures all together on just 2 days), so I picked the one of my little Toto (that is his nickname) blowing his candle for this layout

Recently i purchased Simple Stories' Heart collection, and i knew that it will serve to document his birthday, as the colors match perfectly.   To begin this layout, I used the Guy Stuff cut file from The Cut Shoppe exclusively created for Scrapbook Nerd (I am designing for this retailer for the next 6 months) to cut a  large star inside target circles.  Using the outer circle of the target, I used Silhouette studio  to add some words around the perimeter (my title), and  sent it to perforate so I could hand embroider the words.

I used yellow, teal, blue and gold as they are the colors featured on the paper collection

After the title was stitched, I added clear gesso to  the page (i washi taped the stitching) and added color shine in mint, navy, teal and mustard -with the packaging method- to add a watercolor effect to the center of the page.  I added splatters of the same colors following the corners of the star.

I matted only the stars  with vellum, and added stitching just to
the middle of the stars.
I attached it to the layout with foam dots to add height to the layout

The picture was matted using only papers from the Heart collection from Simple Stories and a piece of folded waxed paper.  All the embelishments come from the collection.  I cut the presentation page to create tags, and added the matching stickers.

I used the PL cards to mat and layer the picture,
The tags and banner was created by fussy cutting the presentation page of the collection

Even though the page is busy, I felt that i needed to balance the page and added a small cluster to the opposite side of the picture.  I used the branding strips to cut banners, and pieces of the left over cards.  I also cut the word heart from the sticker sheet title.

a simple staple was enough to attached the little cluster 

Finally I added the date and journal lines under the picture.   I love the results, in hind sight i should have - could have - made the cutout smaller.  I still love the results, and I hope you like it too.

See you soon

The final layout

Materials Used:

Mat - white cardstock, American Crafts

Cut out - White card stock, American Crafts

Cut file,  Guy Stuff, the Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd

Patterned Papers, Heart Collection, Simple Stories

Embelishments, Heart Collection, Simple Stories

Color Shine Mist - Navy, Mint, Teal, Gold, and Mustard - Heidi Swapp Collection

My Week in Pictures #13

My baby and I,  he is my third child...

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are having a great Monday on your corner of the world.  Here in Toronto spring has yet to arrive,   it seems winter does not want to leave.  We are under a severe cold alert and have at least 5-10 cm of snow on the ground...  

As usual, i have used the weather to my advantage when it came to capturing my life, here are some of the highlights.

 We thought that glorious days like this (on Wednesday) were ahead.  Finally everything was budding, and long walks around the park were welcomed... Now everything is covered in snow once again.













My baby loves to walk along the river path behind our apartment building;  his thrill is finding little sticks he can play with and mess the carpet with.   Here he is showing off his latest find.















 As always since i stay at home, most of my pictures revolve around my kids, but especially my little Poochie...  He is one of my muses, but lately he has been starting to lose power on his back legs, so we need to find incentives to have him walk and build some muscle.  I try to encourage him by bribing him with treats.  

he loves these mini cookies

My son has been a soccer player since he was 6 years old.  Now at 15, he is still playing all year round, but life is starting to blossom for him, and slowly soccer is going to the backburner.  I am glad, I have carried my camera to every single one of his games, and have traveled with his teams.  So what better way to capture this chapter of his life than taking  a snapshot.

He is so tall now...

The weekend is the best time to capture  my entire family together.  This weekend because of the snowfall, we were indoors most of the time, so a lot of crafting happened.   I am so glad that my daughter is slowly learning to document her life, and is always finding her style. 

Finally, i have to show you what i see some mornings from my balcony.   I am amazed at the beauty God has created and we don't appreciate...

Sunrise in Toronto

I hope you are also picking up your camera, and capturing the little things of life...

See you soon